And the winners are... Philipsen Dairies Ltd., Acme, Alberta Rachel Boonstoppel, Trilea Farm Grunthal, Manitoba Brandsma Farms Ltd., Salmon Arm, British Columbia Congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated in the contest! View the rules and contest details here.
WestGen Days 2016 As a member owned and directed organization, our Annual General Meeting is an important event on our calendar. With members spread across a vast geography, we recognize that attending the meeting isn’t convenient for many. For that reason, over the last decade we’ve worked to enhance the AGM by adding seminars and [...]
For over 7 years now WestGen has distributed the SCR Heatime system to western Canadian producers. Its the most popular standalone activity monitoring system due to its remarkable accuracy at detecting heats; however at times the original system, which relied on infrared technology, left something to be desired, as the ID stations and tag battery [...]
As trade shows go, World Dairy Expo in Madison Wisconsin has everything one could imagine for the dairy producer. The event gets larger with each passing year and the crowds grow by the thousands. And while World Dairy Expo has evolved dramatically since it first began, it is important to remember that it was the [...]
The best Aftershock (Shottle x Durham Atlee EX-92 DOM GMD 8*) son in the business received a proof and found a home on the WestGen proof sheet in August. Howard-View Afterhours was bred by Jamie Howard of EastGen, and descends from the heart of the Comestar Laurie Sheik family. His 8* brood cow dam, Lautella, [...]
With the calendar flipped to November, it seems another growing season has flown by, and in many parts of Western Canada this one came with plenty of challenges. As the climate curveballs continue to be thrown at you, what technologies do you counteract them with to manage your cropping enterprise efficiently, so that it’s a [...]
Falcon: Immunity+ and so much more! As high ranking Genomax sires go, Falcon is right up there with the best for LPI. In fact he is listed among the top 15 Holstein young bulls on CDN’s top 100 with the August 2015 evaluations, and among bulls with at least +13 Type, he is in the [...]
Thank you for participating in the 2015-2016 Hockey Pool! The Hockey Pool is now closed. Log in to see the final standings. The winners are: OVERALL CHAMPION Name Points Prize Derek Slomp (De Linge Farms) - Alberta 1450 2016 Hockey Pool Champion WestGen Jacket & A limited edition WestGen Silversmiths Belt Buckle. PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS [...]
Bullseye September 2015 Building for the Future When I first articulated my vision for WestGen nearly three years ago, I promised results and positive change. I wanted to secure a long-term future for the Western Canadian producers who’d grown with us for nearly 70 years, as well as for our own WestGen staff. Following the departure [...]